The day began with a substantive session on professional commissioning and cooperation between municipalities, housing associations, developers, and builders. For both Nobleo and Fontys, this provided valuable insights into how this collaboration works and what role conceptual and industrial construction plays in it. During the morning sessions, Stijn and Marco also spoke with various network members about developing a specific field of study for the new roles within the conceptual and industrial construction sector, something Nobleo and Fontys already have ideas about.

After the main programme, there was a visit to the Fijn Wonen demo homes on Suikerlaan in Groningen. There, various configurations and variants were on display. These were produced by the Fijn Wonen factory in Heerenveen. The wide range of options, including façade elements, enables the creation of customer-oriented homes, while ensuring that production remains manageable via the Configure-to-Order customer order decoupling point.

The day ended in Heerenveen with a visit to the housing factory itself. Here, Stijn and Marco observed the industrial manufacturing process of the homes, which involves complex, largely automated procedures.

It was a special visit, and it was wonderful to see the link between the end product and the complex and largely automated production in the factory, especially since Nobleo Manufacturing has been supporting the Fijn Wonen factory for some time in optimising production planning, sequencing, scheduling and volume ramp-up to full capacity.

All in all, it was a valuable day that motivates us to take the next steps in conceptual and industrial construction together with our partners!